The aim of Santander's Breakthrough event is to assist businesses that have been identified as having the potential to drive the country forward out of the downturn. As part of this initiative Santander have listed their top 5 trends that will change the way we all do business............with Cloud Computing as the no. 1 trend that will change business over the coming months. On their www.santanderbreakthrough.co.uk web site they state that "Cloud computing is a key enabler of IT, and has a great impact for smaller, faster-growing businesses. Traditionally, organisations’ total cost of ownership for IT equipment was a significant drag on adopting the latest systems. This was doubly true of fast-growing businesses, as their IT systems rapidly fell short due to architectural or storage concerns. The ability to utilise storage and processing on tap, as a utility, means that IT administrators are able to devote their resources to sourcing, procurement and integration, as opposed to deployment and maintenance. Products such as Google Apps are specifically geared to address these requirements."

Again Eurosafe UK appear ahead of the game with our Cloud Computing compliance and property management portals - see www.cloudsuk.com